Incredible discovery of dinosaurs: a herd of dinos encrusted with opal was discovered

Researchers have discovered the fossilized remains of a herd of dinosaurs in an opal mine in the Australian outback.

The fossils were found in the mine near Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, and include a new species of dinosaur and the most complete opalized dino in the world, experts say.

"Initially we assumed that it was a single skeleton, but when I started looking at some of the bones, I realized that we had four scapulae (shoulder blades) of different sized animals," said Dr. Phil Bell, principal investigator at the University. of New England in Australia, in a statement.

The remains were discovered by opal miner Robert Foster in the 1980s and include parts of four skeletons. These include small juvenile dinosaurs and larger creatures, which may have been 16.4 feet long.